Roast Chicken with Apples, Onions and Sweet Potatoes

Cinnamon is in every household and for good reason: ounce for ounce, it contains 5 times the antioxidants as 1/2 cup of blueberries or a cup of pomegranate juice! But don’t limit your cinnamon consumption to your morning bowl of oats. Cinnamon is used all over the world in savory dishes to complement the flavors of meat and vegetables.

Today’s recipe is the perfect cold weather staple that literally comes together in just minutes. Feel free to mix and match the ingredients based on what you have available. When I made this dish, I happened to have gala apples and sweet potatoes but it would work just as well with carrots and parsnips. Just don’t forget the cinnamon.

Hi There – It is baked at 350 and you add the allspice and nutmeg when you add the olive oil, salt, pepper and cinnamon. (In the recipe I say to add “all the spices” so it would go in then! The sweet potatoes are peeled as shown in the video but I have updated the recipe to say peeled to avoid further confusion. Thank you for bringing that to my attention! Let me know what you think of the recipe – enjoy!

Great Great Recipe – Just made it for the first time and my kids LOVED it! They only eat the chicken but they loved the cinnamon flavor. My husband and I enjoyed the apples and sweet potatoes! I will definitely make this again – maybe with a pork tenderloin instead!

Hi, I just stumbled across your recipe. I was looking for a good recipe to use up my sweet potatoes that had been sitting around for a while. I gave it a go, and have to say it is delicious!! This will be a new staple for me. I love that it incorporates so much goodness, the cinnamon, sweet potatoes and apples, they all add tons of antioxidants and a great dish that has both fruits and veggies. Thank you so much for the recipe!! A keeper for sure.

Made this dish for my family used three bonless skinless chicken breasts which I cut in half .As for my husband he said it was deliciouse will have me make this again as for our teenage daughter she didn’
t carefor the apples and onions. Would defenitly serve this to guests .

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